Oklahoma § 10-1150.6 - Child maltreatment medical review
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 10-1150.6 — Child maltreatment medical review, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10-1150.6. Child maltreatment medical review
A. Beginning November 1, 2019, and subject to the availability
of funds, the Director of the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall,
within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of notice of any child
death, forward the name, date of birth, date of death and other
identifying information about the child who has died to the Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children
Commission on Children and Youth. The Commission shall submit the
information for a child maltreatment medical review to a child abuse
examiner or a child abuse pediatrician in the state.
B. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall
be reported to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, the
Department of Human Services, the law enforcement agency and the
child advocacy center or child abuse multidisciplinary team where
the suspected maltreatment occurred and the Child Death Review
Board. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall
be considered prior to closing an investigation or assessment
conducted by the Department of Human Services related to the child
death.
C. Subject to the availability of funds, the Commission may
provide stipends to child abuse examiners who perform child
maltreatment medical reviews and report their findings pursuant to
this section.
D. As used in this section, "child maltreatment medical review"
means a review of information by a child abuse examiner about
suspected child maltreatment with the intent to determine if
maltreatment occurred. The review of information may include, but
is not limited to, information obtained from law enforcement
agencies, the Department of Human Services, medical records,
forensic interviews and other relevant information.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 199, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-1150.6 ("Child maltreatment medical review") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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